Brian Walton

2.1 seems to be stable for me (and others report the same)

+1 was just about to report this.

They had massive demand that blew up the servers. If you signed up you can get it by doing this: Those who signed up during the giveaway please contact the developer affiliate@magix.net with the subject line "GOTD license" to get your serial. Thank you! Again we GREATLY apologize for the inconvenience.

https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/vegas-movie-stud Not really a deal if your computer can run Davinci Resolve, but if it can't there is a better chance this would be compatible (as it won't require as high/modern graphics specs.

It looks unique, I'll give it that. But no way am I paying that kind of scratch for a transient designer.

You clearly lack objectivity and take the facts about how many people actually use the function personally. Bandlab doesn't cost money to download and install, I've invested a fair amount of money to get to the stage where Bandlab thought it was valuable enough to purchase for an undisclosed sum. I've also invested many years using the software, and my time is not free. What compells you to argue againts me? They are opinions and I've provided solid reasons why develpment in the staff view only serves a tiny subset of users., and there are plenty of improvements that could be made that servers a far larger population.

A chord track which hasn't been developed yet is of use to a far larger user group. Staff Notation itself hasn't changed in decades and the dev team noted what a small percentage use the Staff View when they were collecting analytics, it was practically unused. I have no problem with them developing it more, but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to. As for the academic side of musical notation. There is a long history of purchasing printed scores and keeping those places in business. What academic solutions are teaching kids to create their own notation in a DAW? That use/application is far more advanced and therfore a far smaller subset of musicians. We are talking a fraction of a fraction of 1%.

Yes, I've been there. Though I learned how to play music (in some capacity) before I'd even attempted to learn where the notes were in "standard notation" as a early teen. And I know hundreds of kids that learned how to play music without ever learning. I personally don't think it is the way to teach kids. What percentage of kids have real interest in orchestra, concert or marching bands? Now what percentage of kids have interest in Rock, Pop, EDM, etc? The numbers are way different, and they way to learn Rock, Pop, etc from the primal learning stages has nothing to do with notation. It is about learning a language and emotion and expressing it on an instrument. I've seen far more kids stick with music and play later in life if they learn based on what they want to play first adn then learn notation and theory later (if at all). The percent of kids that stick with that class room style orchestra standard notation reading system is abysmal. Those that learn some rock chords and play rock chords as a teen or adult way higher. Again we are talking about most benefit to the most users. Standard Notation isn't that platform, in my opinion. I'm saying it shouldn't take priority in development given it is a very tiny subset of users. And Cakewalk hasn't even introduced a Chord track yet, with is aimed at the "majority" as it dumbs down the need to play an instrument and is also useful for an experienced pro. When I was in High School over 2 decades ago, our band instructor used a DAW to create both notation prints out ans a midi track for the band to learn from. But I'll galdly call you old fashioned if you think the majority of music creation is from those 3 groups...that squarely puts you in "old fashioned" camp ?

I'll gladly make the counter argument that far more "musicains' do not use Notation at all and that the common thread is actually features that simplify music production even for those that know very little theory or still haven't learned what note is on or between each line. Notation is fine, but it hasn't been the cornerstone of music production for over a couple decades. and the trend is moving even further from it.

Really wish they had 2+ authorizations, so I wouldn't be sitting here thinking about buying another cross grade (as I own 2x of both Phoenix, Excalibur and 1x of R4)

Yep, I agree within the DAW is preferable. Though I'm also looking for a Chord track to also do more than just read the notes that are in a track - which is what your previous post was really pointing towards (and that is still track based (even if it is a mixed down track ala audio extraction). The global changes across tracks is a whole massive feature in itself. SO4 's ability to change pitch across tracks midi and audio is cool (and very impressive) but I don't even see it as a need to have in a chord track concept. Especially in the early stages of the addition to Cakewalk.

I was thinking Scaler 2 (and maybe EZ Keys are capable of doign the MIDI chord track as you have outlined), but it doesn't put the output chords into a nice big Chord indicator within the DAW. It isn't a plugin but Zplane's Decoda does the Audio Track thing about as reasonably well as one might expect with affordable technology. They released an update that has a basic MIDI file output based on what it decided was playing. For simple tunes it works pretty well. Think we are a long way away from handing Jazz chords and more complex musical changes.

Depends on your computer. I've tried it on multiple Lenovo Laptops (pre T470) that failed and rolled back every time. T480 I had both success an a failure. Older Custom built i3 machine finally updated properly yesterday. It has been the most problematic update yet for Windows 10 in my view (in terms of getting it to actually install)

Correct

Yeah if you want to load 2 plugins just to pan properly. The fact the built in DAW pan knob comes affer the effects negates the abilty to use it with the built in tools. Adding 2 plugins would be fairly annoying in a workflow . (and my favorite panner is Panknob...so...) ?

Not a stupid question. Honestly I wouldn't make any hardware change without de-authorization first. I could outline a couple scenarios I used where ilok didn't like it, but don't have the time to detail it out and I don't want to mislead if it doesn't apply in all similar situations.

The low freq summing is what makes it magic. If you are considering it (I use it ALL the time)...also harass Boz about it needing a prochannel version while you are at it. Honestly it is annoying having it as a plugin...if he made the PC version, it would solve those problems.

From one of the reviews posted on the website "If your ears are not trained then you’ll probably miss the magic." Yep, exactly the kind of mojo that $350 should buy.

I'm guessing you could use try the old authorization manager, then just enable the plugin in your plugin manager in Cakewalk since I'm sure it is already installed thanks to the way IK works.

Indeed, perhpas the first time I've heard about it actually going on sale since it was released (i..e not the normal every day "$10 off msrp")

I've thought about True Iron.... Can someone provide insight into the authorization methods/limitations they use? Edit - purchased, appears to be a "we actually trust our paid users" method. approved.

Odd...worked fine for me on 3 different Windows 10 computers of various "vintages" Using latest Bandlab build of each.

Well is the demo less than 4gb? I bought it, but the initial state is demo mode after the 4gb download. Haven't really used it so can't comment, but I have plenty of guitar equipment - so I'm not exactly the typical customer for a guitar plugin.

Process is easy. If it is worth 4gigs of HD space, honestly that is the question I'd pose.